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    In the first balcony scene, Darcy’s exchange with Balraj explicitly reveals to viewers for the first time his assumption that Indian girls and their culture are unsophisticated and inferior. Responding to Balraj’s wish to marry Jaya, Darcy offhandedly says, “If you really want to get marry, why don’t you just hook up with some Indian girl from England, or even America.” Darcy’s use of “hook up”, an American

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    organization and I had to train a group of people going to India about the culture. I will first start off by saying I know you guys are not use to the enculturation of India. According to lecture enculturation means the process which your native culture is acquired. To explain it to my groups members very thoroughly I would say “I know you guys are not of custom or practice the India culture but you guys have to acculturation to the culture of India”. The word acculturation from lecture class means the

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    the word world comes to mind. The connotation is anything that defines me, whether it be my family, my culture, my ideals, my home, my environment, and etc. Personally, I am a conglomerate of two different cultures, first being my parents’ Indian heritage and the fact that I was born into an American society. As of now, two different cultures are coursing through my blood, the culture of India and the United States of America. “I am the product and expression of this world, even if suddenly it vanished

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    1. Marginalized Cultural Identities of the Indians Culture identity refers to an individual’s consciousness of belonging to a particular culture. It involves learning about and accepting themselves with those who share the same cultural symbols. Due to colonialism, some people from the minority groups are denied a cultural identity by the system that entraps them. Therefore, they are made marginal, neglected and estranged. “The colonized are constrained to impersonate the image the colonizer

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    Indian culture and society experienced drastic changes during the middle of the twentieth century. The country experienced rapid development of its urban centers, agrarian lifestyles were replaced by commercialized industries, and old social norms were replaced by new, British-influenced values. Many of those changes are depicted in Kamala Markandaya’s 1954 novel, Nectar in a Sieve. Written only seven years after India achieved independence, Markandaya’s novel chronicles the life of Rukmani, the

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    Plan Initially, my focus would be on learning as much as possible about the Indian culture in which the N-C plant is located. I would spend at a minimum a week in the local community to observe and learn as much as possible. A day or two would be spent at the plant observing and talking with various employees. An employee of the plant

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    birth to her baby boy. She seems to be happy for her new born baby and this shows that she has no problem with new American identity. But soon she craves for Indian style celebrations in the hospital. Ashoke and Ashima both miss their family life in India. Their transparent and unproblematic identities become problematic when Ashima requests Ashoke to finish his degree as soon as possible because she wants to go back. She tells Ashoke that she does not want her son to grow up in America. “I am saying

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    Characters In Life Of Pi

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    Martel’s time spent in India was the major influence for this book as many of the characters and story are influenced by his experiences in India. The animals in the book, which play a major part in the story, are influenced primarily from Martel’s visit to the Trivandrum Zoo, which contains all the animals in the story except the orangutan. Religion also plays a major role in the story, which is influenced from Martel’s visit to India as he learned about the religious culture of India. Although Martel

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    he world is a diverse place. Many cultures, societies and religions, each of them having rich histories. Due to such abundance of knowledge, being unaware of a society or culture is common. However, having the wrong idea of a culture or a community could potentially be a devastating problem. In fact, this is a prevalent problem as false lies about communities are easily spread out to group of people, the so called “fake news” problem. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is an Nigerian author who addresses this

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    1. What aspects of U.S. culture ad of Indian culture may have been causes of Coke’s difficulties in India? India and the United States have vastly different cultures. When doing business in foreign countries, great care must be taken to recognize the culture of the country in order to avoid problems, such as the ones Coca-Cola experienced in India. In addition, business practices and governmental policies are different between India and the U.S. Coca-Cola should have taken care to study and familiarize

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